A Paralympic veteran at just 23 years old, Pascoe has now won 15 medals at three Games, including 9 gold medals.

Sophie Pascoe has won more Paralympic medals than any other athlete. Photo: Photosport

Today's silver medal nudged her ahead of New Zealand's previous greatest Paralympian Eve Rimmer, a track and field superstar who picked up 14 medals in javelin, discus, shotput, pentathlon and archery between 1968 and 1980.

Rimmer's haul also included a cameo silver medal in swimming in 1968, in the women's 50-metre freestyle.

All of Pascoe's medals have come in the pool, where she has trounced her competition in multiple disciplines, across multiple distances.